Definition of factious in English:

factious

adjective ˈfakʃəsˈfækʃəs

Relating or inclined to dissension.
意见分歧的；争论不休的，不和的
a factious country
四分五裂的国家。
Example sentencesExamples
- These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations.
- A new government in which the dominant figure was Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, proved too factious to last.
- Would President Lincoln have been able or willing to defend the sovereignty of these factious and slaveholding tribes?
- As Mark E. Neely Jr. has suggested, party competition in the midst of the Civil War was deeply factious, leading some politicians to think ‘only of electoral victory in the short term.’
- Royal authority had been brought to a low ebb by Mary, and during James's minority the factious nobility lived in a state of civil war.
- He felt the Congress might be inclined to factious disputes and intrigues, but he also opposed giving unchecked power to a president.
- But this view of our history did not take root, and now the usual opinion on Bent is that he was a factious opponent of the good governor who stood up for convicts.
- ‘So easy still it proves in factious times, with public zeal to cancel private crimes’, wrote John Dryden.
- But gender issues are political issues and, without a set of established principles to guide much of our social transitions, gender politics are like all politics - messy and factious.
- He hoped that Philip would unite the factious Greek cities into a confederacy and then turn to the great project of invading Persia.
- From its romanticized beginnings to its factious present state - there are half a dozen forms of Capoeira currently in existence - the game is hard to pigeonhole.
- Arcand tells his story through a running montage of TV interviews and footage from a factious documentary filmmaker.
- Sher Shah's son Islam Shah held on to power until 1553 and following his death the Sur dynasty lost most of its clout due to factious strife and severe famine.
- Politically he was naïvely ambitious and factious; he owes the epithet ‘Good’ only to his patronage of men of letters, including Lydgate and Capgrave.
- Politicians were seen not only as factious, selfish, and incompetent; they were also regarded as corrupt.
- In 1791 the main periodical in Lima denounced the cafe as a factious institution, likely to promote social disturbance.
- Lee also allowed the factious sexual harassment case to become a media circus without careful consideration of the damage it might cause to Twu's family.
Synonyms
divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous

Derivatives

factiously

adverb

Be well assured that if you choose another, you will not find me acting factiously, for I believe that when a man engaged in war factiously opposes a commander, that man is factiously opposing his own safety.
Example sentencesExamples
- He went on, however, to add that he was not "one of those who would counsel, or who would abet, any attempt factiously and forcibly to repeal the measures of 1846."

factiousness

noun ˈfakʃəsnəsˈfækʃəsnəs

But he states, ‘The University must not be complacent, and must avoid factiousness and ultra-Conservatism.’
Example sentencesExamples
- In India the factiousness and feebleness of native princes combined with the rapacity of the French and English East India Companies to create a volatile situation.
- Although the 10 songs on The Woods include some of Sleater-Kinney's least subtle speechifying - the factiousness of ‘Entertain’ being a case in point - their playing has never been more inspired, or better captured.
- His failure to effect reform or root out corruption after Walpole's fall was thought by many to reveal factiousness and self-seeking and he was accused of avarice.
- As proponents of checks and balances note, government that allows factiousness can protect the rights and interests of minorities by preventing a large majority from coalescing and dominating a polity.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction¹).

Rhymes

fractious

Definition of factious in US English:

factious

adjectiveˈfakSHəsˈfækʃəs

Relating or inclined to a state of faction.
意见分歧的；争论不休的，不和的
a factious country
四分五裂的国家。
Example sentencesExamples
- Politicians were seen not only as factious, selfish, and incompetent; they were also regarded as corrupt.
- These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations.
- Sher Shah's son Islam Shah held on to power until 1553 and following his death the Sur dynasty lost most of its clout due to factious strife and severe famine.
- He felt the Congress might be inclined to factious disputes and intrigues, but he also opposed giving unchecked power to a president.
- From its romanticized beginnings to its factious present state - there are half a dozen forms of Capoeira currently in existence - the game is hard to pigeonhole.
- But gender issues are political issues and, without a set of established principles to guide much of our social transitions, gender politics are like all politics - messy and factious.
- Lee also allowed the factious sexual harassment case to become a media circus without careful consideration of the damage it might cause to Twu's family.
- He hoped that Philip would unite the factious Greek cities into a confederacy and then turn to the great project of invading Persia.
- In 1791 the main periodical in Lima denounced the cafe as a factious institution, likely to promote social disturbance.
- Would President Lincoln have been able or willing to defend the sovereignty of these factious and slaveholding tribes?
- Royal authority had been brought to a low ebb by Mary, and during James's minority the factious nobility lived in a state of civil war.
- But this view of our history did not take root, and now the usual opinion on Bent is that he was a factious opponent of the good governor who stood up for convicts.
- Politically he was naïvely ambitious and factious; he owes the epithet ‘Good’ only to his patronage of men of letters, including Lydgate and Capgrave.
- As Mark E. Neely Jr. has suggested, party competition in the midst of the Civil War was deeply factious, leading some politicians to think ‘only of electoral victory in the short term.’
- Arcand tells his story through a running montage of TV interviews and footage from a factious documentary filmmaker.
- ‘So easy still it proves in factious times, with public zeal to cancel private crimes’, wrote John Dryden.
- A new government in which the dominant figure was Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, proved too factious to last.
Synonyms
divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction).

单词	factious
释义	Definition of factious in English: factious adjective ˈfakʃəsˈfækʃəs Relating or inclined to dissension. 意见分歧的；争论不休的，不和的 a factious country 四分五裂的国家。 Example sentencesExamples These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. A new government in which the dominant figure was Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, proved too factious to last. Would President Lincoln have been able or willing to defend the sovereignty of these factious and slaveholding tribes? As Mark E. Neely Jr. has suggested, party competition in the midst of the Civil War was deeply factious, leading some politicians to think ‘only of electoral victory in the short term.’ Royal authority had been brought to a low ebb by Mary, and during James's minority the factious nobility lived in a state of civil war. He felt the Congress might be inclined to factious disputes and intrigues, but he also opposed giving unchecked power to a president. But this view of our history did not take root, and now the usual opinion on Bent is that he was a factious opponent of the good governor who stood up for convicts. ‘So easy still it proves in factious times, with public zeal to cancel private crimes’, wrote John Dryden. But gender issues are political issues and, without a set of established principles to guide much of our social transitions, gender politics are like all politics - messy and factious. He hoped that Philip would unite the factious Greek cities into a confederacy and then turn to the great project of invading Persia. From its romanticized beginnings to its factious present state - there are half a dozen forms of Capoeira currently in existence - the game is hard to pigeonhole. Arcand tells his story through a running montage of TV interviews and footage from a factious documentary filmmaker. Sher Shah's son Islam Shah held on to power until 1553 and following his death the Sur dynasty lost most of its clout due to factious strife and severe famine. Politically he was naïvely ambitious and factious; he owes the epithet ‘Good’ only to his patronage of men of letters, including Lydgate and Capgrave. Politicians were seen not only as factious, selfish, and incompetent; they were also regarded as corrupt. In 1791 the main periodical in Lima denounced the cafe as a factious institution, likely to promote social disturbance. Lee also allowed the factious sexual harassment case to become a media circus without careful consideration of the damage it might cause to Twu's family. Synonyms divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous Derivatives factiously adverb Be well assured that if you choose another, you will not find me acting factiously, for I believe that when a man engaged in war factiously opposes a commander, that man is factiously opposing his own safety. Example sentencesExamples He went on, however, to add that he was not "one of those who would counsel, or who would abet, any attempt factiously and forcibly to repeal the measures of 1846." factiousness noun ˈfakʃəsnəsˈfækʃəsnəs But he states, ‘The University must not be complacent, and must avoid factiousness and ultra-Conservatism.’ Example sentencesExamples In India the factiousness and feebleness of native princes combined with the rapacity of the French and English East India Companies to create a volatile situation. Although the 10 songs on The Woods include some of Sleater-Kinney's least subtle speechifying - the factiousness of ‘Entertain’ being a case in point - their playing has never been more inspired, or better captured. His failure to effect reform or root out corruption after Walpole's fall was thought by many to reveal factiousness and self-seeking and he was accused of avarice. As proponents of checks and balances note, government that allows factiousness can protect the rights and interests of minorities by preventing a large majority from coalescing and dominating a polity. Origin Mid 16th century: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction¹). Rhymes fractious Definition of factious in US English: factious adjectiveˈfakSHəsˈfækʃəs Relating or inclined to a state of faction. 意见分歧的；争论不休的，不和的 a factious country 四分五裂的国家。 Example sentencesExamples Politicians were seen not only as factious, selfish, and incompetent; they were also regarded as corrupt. These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. Sher Shah's son Islam Shah held on to power until 1553 and following his death the Sur dynasty lost most of its clout due to factious strife and severe famine. He felt the Congress might be inclined to factious disputes and intrigues, but he also opposed giving unchecked power to a president. From its romanticized beginnings to its factious present state - there are half a dozen forms of Capoeira currently in existence - the game is hard to pigeonhole. But gender issues are political issues and, without a set of established principles to guide much of our social transitions, gender politics are like all politics - messy and factious. Lee also allowed the factious sexual harassment case to become a media circus without careful consideration of the damage it might cause to Twu's family. He hoped that Philip would unite the factious Greek cities into a confederacy and then turn to the great project of invading Persia. In 1791 the main periodical in Lima denounced the cafe as a factious institution, likely to promote social disturbance. Would President Lincoln have been able or willing to defend the sovereignty of these factious and slaveholding tribes? Royal authority had been brought to a low ebb by Mary, and during James's minority the factious nobility lived in a state of civil war. But this view of our history did not take root, and now the usual opinion on Bent is that he was a factious opponent of the good governor who stood up for convicts. Politically he was naïvely ambitious and factious; he owes the epithet ‘Good’ only to his patronage of men of letters, including Lydgate and Capgrave. As Mark E. Neely Jr. has suggested, party competition in the midst of the Civil War was deeply factious, leading some politicians to think ‘only of electoral victory in the short term.’ Arcand tells his story through a running montage of TV interviews and footage from a factious documentary filmmaker. ‘So easy still it proves in factious times, with public zeal to cancel private crimes’, wrote John Dryden. A new government in which the dominant figure was Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, proved too factious to last. Synonyms divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous Origin Mid 16th century: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction).
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